Woo Hoooooo!! I got the domain descansos.org back!!! Back in January, my domain was taken. I was in Peru during the renewal period and was blindly trusting that the hosting company would renewed it. I was not concerned & even had a backup plan “If there’s a problem, I will be back before the grace […]

This week I have been feeling stressed & overworked. My excuse is: I don’t have time to do this work; plus run my business; plus preparing & creating a Forgiveness Seminar; plus being a coach; a Leader Training Leaders; plus creating an architectural presentation in Peru for a client – that doesn’t exist – but […]

It’s amazing how a simple phrase can change my day, my life AND my world. “I think, therefore I am” – Rene Descartes Lately the circumstance of the world is what everybody is talking about. The financial crisis is affecting millions, including me. What everybody is dwelling on is the fear of the unknown. But […]

I received a comment from a reader, Cool Hand Luke, that woke me up from my slumber. The comment said “don’t give up 5 minutes before the miracle…” And I saw that I was giving up! I have not been posting here for a while. And I have kept myself away. I like what Cool […]

I had an amazing thing happen to me today! I was just in the process of finalizing my decision to start the Baby Grace Foundation Non-profit. I was starting to make contacts so that I can register it with the state of Florida. The thoughts running thru my head AT THIS VERY MOMENT was “the […]

I was reading a few blogs the other day & came across some interesting reading about descansos. Descansos literally means “resting places” and the idea of resting places as markers in life. I have read Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés views of ‘making descansos.’ What she says is to take a look at your life and […]

So here we are 10 months since Baby Grace passed away & I am wanting to complete the roadside memorial in time for the 1yr anniversary. I allowed a “no” (OR should I say a lack of a “yes”) to stop me from doing what I said I would do. See back in Dec, 2006, […]

Over the next three months David & I communicated via email. He expressed his love for his daughter & the heartache it was to lose her. He expressed the sorrow, the loneliness & his hopes for the memory of Virginia. I got to know David a little more during those emails. And I got to […]

I just received an email from a friend, Donna. She sent me Superchick’s “We Live” (MP3) song – this is such a great song! The part that is most impactful is: The weather in life outside is stormingBut what would it take for the clouds to breakFor us to realize each day is a gift […]

Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past, and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without. A silent space of intense presence arises both in you and around you. You dissolve discord, heal pain, dispel unconsciousness–without doing anything–simply by […]